Cross Country

Men and Women Take Top Spots at Rio Grande Valley Relays

Aug 30, 2013

EDINBURG, Texas — Once again, it was another solid outing at the Rio Grande Valley Relays for the Texas A&M – Corpus Christi Cross Country teams to get the 2013 season underway, with both the men's and women's team clocking the top four finishes in the meet.

"It was a good outing for their first race and their first week back," Head Coach Shawn Flanagan said. "It was very hot, and that made the times be a little slow, but overall I was very pleased with the efforts of the athletes. I think we started out faster than we did last year."

After a third place finish last season, Philipp Baar teamed up with freshman Ceasar Gonzalez to win the race on the men's side with a combined eight-mile time of 37:31. Following behind them were teammates Jacob Abrego and Paul Hansel who teamed up for a time of 38:08.

The first place team on the women's side was Vanessa Galindo, who finished in second place at the relays last year, and Ann-Kathrin Ott, as their time of 46:23 was the fastest time on the women's side. Then it was Jasmine Boutte and Saira Gonzalez teaming up to bring home the second place title with a time of 46:23.